Visions (1976 TV series)

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Visions
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Genre Anthology drama
Creative director Barbara Schultz
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes32
Production
Executive producerBarbara Schultz
Running time90–120 minutes
Production company KCET
Original release
Network PBS
ReleaseOctober 21, 1976 (1976-10-21) 
January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

Visions is a 90-minute American television weekly anthology series that aired from 1976 to 1978. It was produced by KCET in Los Angeles [1] and televised nationally on PBS. It concentrated on the works of mostly new and some prominent writers, including Cormac McCarthy ( The Gardener's Son ), Marsha Norman, Jean Shepherd, Luis Valdez, and Robert M. Young. Each episode was written by a different writer and starred a different cast.

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Among its stars were Tyne Daly, Charles Durning, Brad Dourif, Morgan Freeman, Carol Kane, and Judd Hirsch. Its directors included Maya Angelou, Richard Pearce, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Paul Bogart, and Gordon Davidson.

Episodes included The War Widow and El Corrido .

It won one primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for three others.

Episodes

Print ad in the Los Angeles Times on October 19, 1977, promoting the upcoming launch of the Visions series with a calendar of episode titles, screenwriting credits, and premiere dates for the first season. Visions (1976-10 LA Times full-page ad).jpg
Print ad in the Los Angeles Times on October 19, 1977, promoting the upcoming launch of the Visions series with a calendar of episode titles, screenwriting credits, and premiere dates for the first season.

Episode list and credits adapted from The Arts on Television, 1976–1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming (1991). [2]

Series overview

Series overview for Better Call Saul
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 13October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21)January 13, 1977 (1977-01-13)
2 10October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02)December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)
3 9October 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

Season 1 (1976–77)

Visions season 1 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11Two Brothers Burt Brinckerhoff Conrad Bromberg October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21)
22 The War Widow Paul Bogart Harvey Perr October 28, 1976 (1976-10-28)
33 El Corrido Kirk Browning Luis Valdez November 4, 1976 (1976-11-04)
44The Gold Watch Lloyd Richards Momoko Iko November 11, 1976 (1976-11-11)
55Liza's Pioneer Diary Nell Cox Nell CoxNovember 18, 1976 (1976-11-18)
66The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike George Tyne Ethel Tyne November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25)
77Life Among the Lowly Adrian Hall Adrian Hall, Richard CummingDecember 2, 1976 (1976-12-02)
88Pennsylvania Lynch Jeff Bleckner, Rich BennewitzAdrian Hall, Richard CummingDecember 9, 1976 (1976-12-09)
99Scenes from the Middle Class (two plays): Monkey in the Middle and Winter Tour Rick Bennewitz Betty Patrick (Monkey in the Middle), David Trainer (Winter Tour)December 16, 1976 (1976-12-16)
1010 The Phantom of the Open Hearth Fred Barzyk, David Loxton Jean Shepherd December 23, 1976 (1976-12-23)
1111The Tapestry and Circles Maya Angelou Alexis De Veaux December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30)
1212 The Gardener's Son Richard Pearce Cormac McCarthy January 6, 1977 (1977-01-06)
1313Prison Game Robert Stevens Susan Yankowitz January 13, 1977 (1977-01-13)

Season 2 (1977)

Visions season 2 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
141IowaRick Bennewitz Murray Mednick October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02)
152FreemanLloyd Richards Phillip Hayes Dean October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09)
163 Alambrista! Robert M. Young Robert M. YoungOctober 16, 1977 (1977-10-16)
174The Dancing BearBurt BrinckerhoffConrad BrombergOctober 23, 1977 (1977-10-23)
185Over/Under/Sideways/Down Steve Wax, Eugene Corr Peter Gessner, Eugene CorrOctober 30, 1977 (1977-10-30)
196Pleasantville Ken Locker Vicki Polon November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
207You Can Run But You Can't HideRick Bennewitz Brother Jonathan Ringkamp November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13)
218All I Could See from Where I StoodBurt Brinckerhoff Elizabeth Clark November 20, 1977 (1977-11-20)
229Nanook Taxi Edward Folger Jeffrey HayesNovember 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
2310Secret Space Rosalyn Regelson Rosalyn Regelson, Roberta Hodes December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)

Season 3 (1978–1980)

Visions season 1 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
241Charlie Smith and the Fritter TreeDavid Loxton, Fred BarzykCharles JohnsonOctober 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)
252EscapeRobert Stevens Jonathan Reynolds October 16, 1978 (1978-10-16)
263Fans of the Kosko ShowJohn DesmondDavid EpsteinOctober 23, 1978 (1978-10-23)
274Blessings Arvin Brown Murray MednickOctober 30, 1978 (1978-10-30)
285BlackoutRick Bennewitz Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal November 13, 1978 (1978-11-13)
296Ladies in Waiting Oz Scott, Michael Lindsay-Hogg Patricia Resnick January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08)
307Shoes and StringOz Scott Ted Shines (Shoes), Alice Childress (String)January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12)
318It's the Willingness Gordon Davidson Marsha Norman January 19, 1980 (1980-01-19)
329He Wants Her Back Kaye Braden Stanton Kaye January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

Awards

Awards and nominations received by Visions
AwardYearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
Cannes Film Festival 1978 Caméra d'Or Robert M. Young (for Alambrista! )Won [3]
Peabody Awards 1977 VisionsWon [4]
Primetime Emmy Awards 1977 Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequence Gene Piotrowsky (for The Gardener's Son )Nominated [5]
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting DirectionKen Dettling, Leard Davis (for Gold Watch)Nominated [5]
Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a SeriesRoy Stewart (for The War Widow )Won [6]
1978 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting DirectionKen Dettling, Leard Davis (for You Can Run But You Can't Hide)Nominated [7]

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  3. Smith 1978b, p. 16.
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